New Android Malware Stealing Data from Popular Messenger Apps
New Android Trojan could be stealing your data through mobile instant messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, Twitter , Skype and other IM clients.This malware was detected by security researchers from Trustlook, a cyber-security firm. A report published on Monday describes the new malware is not as sophisticated as those discovered previously and has limited capabilities. The malware can effectively hide its configuration file and some of its modules to evade detection. researchers noted that this After infecting the app, the malware tries to modify the “/system/etc/install-recovery.sh” file to enable its execution, each time the app is opened. It seems that the primary purpose of this malware is to steal data from messaging apps, which is later uploaded to a remote server. The trojan retrieves the IP of this server from a local configuration file. Here’s the list of apps that could be affected by this malware: Facebook Messenger Twitter Skype Telegram Messenger Te...